27th Great Race of Agoura on March 24th Race Results

The Great Race of Agoura is easily the largest event of its kind in the area. The 27th event on March 24th continued in its tradition of bringing thousands of runners out. Here are the stats and some of the top placing runners in this year's event:

• Deena Kastor 5K: 1,409 finishers (611 male, 796 female)
• Old Agoura 10K: 1,639 finishers (624 male, 1,015 female)
• Pacific Half Marathon: 549 finishers (246 male, 303 female)
• Cheseboro Half Marathon: 1,034 finishers (512 male, 522 female)
• Kids' One Mile: 443 finishers (232 male, 211 female)

Total finishers for all 5 races was 5,074 with a distinct skewing towards females, who were 56% of the total! Guys, take note!

I ran 5.5 miles that cool morning in my slow return back to running. The last time I ran one of these races was 2007, when I did a 1:26 in the hilly, half trail based Cheseboro Half Marathon.

Here are the top 5 finishers in each of the 5 races! (I'd love to post the top 5 finishers by age group for the various races but I discovered the way the results are laid out that that would take me several hours to do.  So check out all the results at greatraceofagoura.com/results/index.html.

5K Men:

• RYAN ZELADA 16:30
• COLIN ANDERSON 16:58
• KRISTOFFER CHACON 17:00
• TROY BARGER  17:27
• JEFF WELLS 17:58

5K Women:

• HUMA HUSAIN 20:24
• TAYLOR GARRISON 21:01
• KELSIE GARRISON  21:03
• KATRINA CARL  21:09
• NICOLLE JACOBS 21:18

10K Men (these are some amazing times for the invitational event this year!)

• CHARLIE SERRANO 29:43.9 (Serrano, who lives locally apparently here in Newbury Park, finished 49th in the 2012 Men's Marathon Olympic Trials!, his first marathon. He previously won the Long Beach Half Marathon in 64 minutes, 5 seconds.)
• SERGIO REYES 29:49.5 (25th in the 2012 Men's Marathon Olympic Trials! Personal best marathon time of 2:14:02!)
• BEN BRUCE 30:02.6
• COURTNEY WILLIAMS 30:22.2
• AARON SHARP  30:51.1 (Oxnard resident an competitor in 2008 Men's Marathon Olympic Trials)

10K Women

• ELIZABETH BLACKWELL 36:14.8
• ERIKA AKLUFI  36:14.9
• LILIANA HERNANDEZ 37:54.9
• TANIA FISCHER 38:16.2
• TIFFANIE MARLEY 38:59.7

Pacific Half Marathon Men

• LARRY BLAYLOCK 1:20:47
• JOE NORDIN 1:24:46
• STEVE BERARDI 1:28:42
• TYLER WELCH  1:30:27
• SCOTT FITZGERALD 1:32:03

Pacific Half Marathon Women

• ELIZABETH BOJANOWSKI 1:34:32
• SARAH LABASS  1:37:43
• GINA JOHNSON  1:37:50
• RACHAEL PARENT 1:39:51
• EMILIE BERTRAM  1:40:59

Cheseboro Half Marathon Men

• ANDREW SALG  1:13:14
• SKYLER MOSENTHAL 1:17:52
• RYAN BUETZER 1:21:00
• MIKE DAVIES 1:21:41
• LUIS AGUILAR 1:22:46

Cheseboro Half Marathon Women

• CINDY LYNCH  1:32:19
• STACEY STERN   1:36:52
• JOANNA NYGREN 1:37:58
• SARAH MOORE 1:38:02
• GLORIA RIOS 1:38:27

Kids' 1 Mile - Boys

• FOREST POLSKY 6:00
• MATTHEW NEVILLE 6:01
• BILLY MORTON 6:32
• JAKE IAZZETTA  6:37
• MICHAEL HOLCOMB 6:38

Kids' 1 Mile - Girls

• HANNAH RITZ 6:36
• GRACE STAVICH  6:44
• SIENNA GOLDEN  6:47
• PEYTON MOREAU  7:09
• SOPHIA RITZ  7:13